Rebrickable - Bloghttps://rebrickable.com/blog/enFri, 24 May 2019 21:54:55 +0000Review: 30527-1 - Lucy vs. Alien Invader﻿https://rebrickable.com/blog/188/review-30527-1-lucy-vs-alien-invader/<img src="https://rebrickable.com/media/uploads/blog/30527/logo.jpg"><p>LEGO bricks in small plastic bags have been with us for almost fifty years, but the real polybags were invented in 1983 and first appeared in some fast-food restaurant in Salt Lake City, Utah. Let me show you the <strong>Visual History of LEGO Polybags</strong> with a review of one of its latest examples. Beware though: reading this article might awaken your innate and ancient hunter!</p>Fri, 24 May 2019 21:54:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/188/review-30527-1-lucy-vs-alien-invader/Review: 30340-1 - Emmet's 'Piece' Offeringhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/187/review-30340-1-emmets-piece-offering/<img src="https://rebrickable.com/media/uploads/blog/30340/logo.jpg"><p><strong>What is my LEGO collection worth?</strong> I guess that question has bothered most of us, at some time or other, and it is not easy to answer it. LEGO has many different values, depending on age, condition, and most importantly, the type, being either individual part or complete set. How to determine those values, and what Rebrickable has to offer in assistance, that is the main subject of this basic review of the most simple of LEGO packages; the humble and underestimated polybag.</p>Fri, 17 May 2019 13:30:49 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/187/review-30340-1-emmets-piece-offering/Review: 41609-1 - Chewbaccahttps://rebrickable.com/blog/183/review-41609-1-chewbacca/<img src="https://rebrickable.com/media/uploads/blog/41609/logo.jpg"><p>In this second review of Brickheadz sets, we delve into history to show you a complete visual overview of the theme, and we take a closer look at <a href="/blog/182/review-41608-1-han-solo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Han Solo</a>'s furry companion, the Wookiee Chewbacca.</p>Fri, 10 May 2019 22:39:49 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/183/review-41609-1-chewbacca/Review: 41608-1 - Han Solohttps://rebrickable.com/blog/182/review-41608-1-han-solo/<img src="https://rebrickable.com/media/uploads/blog/41608/logo.jpg"><p>Rough edged, knuckly midgets with flat faces, no mouth and creapy little hands, and for some reason, everybody loves them. What are these ugly Brickheadz all about?</p>...</p>Sat, 04 May 2019 22:06:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/182/review-41608-1-han-solo/LEGO Request for MOCs - Social Media Offerhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/181/lego-social-media-offer/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2019/legopets.jpeg"><p>How would you like your MOC to appear on LEGO's social media pages such as Facebook or Instagram?</p><p>The LEGO Community Team are seeking certain themed MOCs to be featured on their social media pages for special events throughout April and May.</p>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 05:21:47 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/181/lego-social-media-offer/How to Build a LEGO SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket - Part 2https://rebrickable.com/blog/175/how-to-build-a-lego-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-part-2/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/moc-spacex-falcon-heavy/IMG_4795a.jpg/800x414.jpg"><p>In <a href="/blog/174/how-to-build-a-lego-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-part-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Part 1</a> I covered how to find and buy the parts you will need to build this <a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/80b37347-6083-4878-978f-fbf7d962a42b/updates#content_nav_tabs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LEGO SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket</a>. In this post, I will cover the build process and review the actual model.</p>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 03:32:35 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/175/how-to-build-a-lego-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-part-2/New Premium MOC Features (Round 1)https://rebrickable.com/blog/177/new-premium-moc-features-round-1/<img src="https://www.bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2019/discountedmocs2.png/800x374.jpg"><p>The Rebrickable-hosted Premium MOCs feature was introduced in late 2017 when <a href="/blog/154/mocplans-has-merged-with-rebrickable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mocplans</a> shut down. There were thousands of LEGO fans who needed access to the building instructions they had purchased, so Rebrickable started hosting them. At the same time, it became possible to submit new MOCs using this hosting method. This is now our preferred way of hosting Premium MOCs (vs self-hosted where the designer has to serve the files and handle payments), and so I have spent a lot of time lately focusing on improvements to make it fully competitive with other digital sales platforms out there.</p>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 03:28:17 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/177/new-premium-moc-features-round-1/The impact of LEGO – A personal story﻿https://rebrickable.com/blog/180/the-impact-of-lego-a-personal-story/<img src="https://www.bricksafe.com/files/TobyMac/review/unbrickable/display%20model%20combo.jpg"><p>LEGO&rsquo;s core business is, as we all know, selling toys. But over the years, LEGO has grown beyond that. For instance, after the Dark Ages, LEGO started realizing, that it&rsquo;s not just children that build with the bricks, but a lot of adults are too. This resulted in themes like Modular buildings and Architecture. When LEGO introduced Mindstorms back in 1998, it was meant to get children interested in programming. But it were the adults (and teens) that picked up this theme, and when they found out the limitations that the first Mindstorms software had, they quickly climbed behind their keyboards and started writing their own custom software. (Luckily LEGO learned from them, and improved the system, cooperating with the creative minds, instead of keeping everything &lsquo;in house&rsquo;).</p>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:34:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/180/the-impact-of-lego-a-personal-story/Exploring the possibilities of PoweredUphttps://rebrickable.com/blog/179/exploring-the-possibilities-of-poweredup/<img src="https://www.bricksafe.com/files/TobyMac/review/pu/pu.jpg"><p>In 2017, LEGO introduced the PoweredUp system, as a successor of the standard InfraRed (IR) + Power Functions system. It uses BlueTooth as a connection, making it much more expandable compared to the limited IR, that&rsquo;s limited to 8 channels. Also, this means the system can be connected to a smartphone, tablet or PC/laptop, that has a BlueTooth connection.</p>Sat, 09 Feb 2019 02:26:47 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/179/exploring-the-possibilities-of-poweredup/Hogwarts - An inComplete and unReliable Guidehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/170/hogwarts-an-incomplete-and-unreliable-guide-review-71043/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Simon/hogwarts/banner.jpg/1280x421.jpg"><p>By temporary exemption on the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, and by special immunity of Section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy, the Ministery of Magic declares that the following review, entitled "Hogwarts, An (in)Complete and (un)Reliable Guide", has been found fit for viewing by any <em>uninitiated muggle</em>, if, and only if, they know they are <strong>not</strong> perfectly normal, and there is still a whiff of magic, left inside their heart.</p>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:59:22 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/170/hogwarts-an-incomplete-and-unreliable-guide-review-71043/How to Build a LEGO SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket - Part 1https://rebrickable.com/blog/174/how-to-build-a-lego-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-part-1/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/moc-spacex-falcon-heavy/IMG_4761a.jpg/800x533.jpg"><p>If there's one thing I love more than LEGO, it's space. And for the last several years, any fan of space is well aware of SpaceX and what they have achieved with their revolutionary <a href="https://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Falcon</a> line of rockets.</p>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:13:24 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/174/how-to-build-a-lego-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-part-1/Review: LEGO 40341-1 - Sea Accessorieshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/176/review-lego-40341-sea-accessories/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/TobyMac/review/40341/IMG_9482.JPG/800x533.jpg"><p>A new addition in the young XTRA series. I hear a lot of positive sounds about this series. They are great as little adds to your LEGO City. Let&rsquo;s see if the <a href="/sets/40341-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40341-1</a> - Sea Accessories is as useful as the rest.</p>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 20:57:31 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/176/review-lego-40341-sea-accessories/2018 - Year in Reviewhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/172/2018-year-in-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/yearly.png/800x342.jpg"><p>So another year has come and gone, for me 2018 seemed to go by very quickly! Rebrickable is now 7 years old, so let's take a look at how big it has grown :)</p><p>Looking at 2018 traffic, there was a significant increase over <a href="/blog/156/2017-year-in-review/" target="_blank"...</p>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 05:50:42 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/172/2018-year-in-review/LEGO Christmas Trees - The Good, The Bad, & The Uglyhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/168/lego-christmas-trees-good-bad-ugly/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Simon/christmas.jpg"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 22.5pt; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;">LEGO Christmas trees have been a staple of the Holiday Season for decades. There have been multiple interpretations on how this should be executed and I will be sharing a few of my favorites, along with some not so great ones. From Advent Calendar offerings to the popular Winter Village sets, here&rsquo;s the good, the bad, and the ugly.</span></p>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 10:34:06 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/168/lego-christmas-trees-good-bad-ugly/New Feature - Buying and Building with Any Colorhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/173/new-feature-buying-and-building-with-any-color/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/nocolor2.png"><p>It has been asked many times, and has been on my to-do list for ages, but finally the concept of &lsquo;Any Color&rsquo; parts has been added.</p><p>The part color called [No Color] has been renamed to [No Color/Any Color], to better match it's new meaning. In official LEGO Set inventories it's used...</p>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:10:16 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/173/new-feature-buying-and-building-with-any-color/Pro Plan Christmas Rafflehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/171/pro-plan-christmas-raffle/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/rafflesets.jpg"><p>Six months ago I <a href="/blog/162/pro-plan-raffles-and-prizes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced a monthly raffle for Pro Plan members</a>. To date there have been six winners and almost $1000 worth of LEGO given away :) To finish up the year, the <strong>December raffle will be worth a huge &euro;400</strong> - enough to buy nearly anything from the LEGO store, including:</p>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 23:33:09 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/171/pro-plan-christmas-raffle/New 2019 LEGO Setshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/169/new-2019-lego-sets/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Simon/2019/2019b.jpg"><p>What will LEGO bring us in 2019? No more Nexo Knights for sure, but will we get more Elves? More Crimes of Grindelwald and LEGO Movie II, no doubt, and new themes such as Forma, Overwatch and Toy Story. The 20th Anniversary of LEGO Star Wars. But what is "Confidential AL" and what about those Chinese sets? Is Junior now 4+? For answers to all these questions, and many more, read on...</p>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 23:11:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/169/new-2019-lego-sets/Review - LEGO 21311 Voltron & Giveawayhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/167/review-lego-21311-voltron-giveaway/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/21311-voltron/IMG_4747a.jpg/800x415.jpg"><p>LEGO 21311 Voltron is a <a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f9eb3ff9-eff8-42e1-85a5-b7e1107bfedb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LEGO Ideas set</a> that hit it's 10K supported milestone over 2 years ago, and then finally approved for production about 1 year ago. I've been waiting not-very-patiently for it to arrive, but it's finally here. This final LEGO produced version looks fairly different to the original fan-designer's model, so let's take a look at how it turned out.</p>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:01:14 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/167/review-lego-21311-voltron-giveaway/New Features - Bulk Editing, Display Options, Level Prizeshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/166/new-features-bulk-editing-display-options-level-prizes/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/bulkeditsmallparts.png/800x458.jpg"><p>It's time for another round of new Rebrickable features. These will hopefully improve the way you manage your LEGO collection, and help you get the most out of the site. Each new feature is detailed below.</p>Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:30:14 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/166/new-features-bulk-editing-display-options-level-prizes/Ultimate Technic: Bugatti Chironhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/164/ultimate-technic-bugatti-chiron/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Simon/bugatti/title.jpg/800x450.jpg"><p><img style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; border: 2px solid black;" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Simon/bugatti/model.jpg/800x533.jpg" width="50%" /> If you are a LEGO Technic fan, and perhaps, even if you are not, you must have noticed the incredible media campaign surrounding the introduction, on June 1st, 2018, of LEGO's latest and largest super car, <a href="/sets/42083-1/bugatti-chiron/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Technic set 42083, the Bugatti Chiron</a>. In the six weeks since that introduction, I have read or watched fifty or more reviews of this super set, and almost all of them, I am sorry to say, got it wrong. They review this set as if it were a regular Technic set; in other words, you build the set as fast as you can, and then you evaluate how good it looks, how good it functions, and how good it plays.</p>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:41:22 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/164/ultimate-technic-bugatti-chiron/﻿Review - LEGO 10261 Roller Coasterhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/165/review-lego-10261-roller-coaster/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/10261-roller-coaster/IMG_4671b.jpg/800x501.jpg"><p>The LEGO 10261 Roller Coaster is the latest model in the Creator Expert line, and comes in at a huge 4124 parts. But what really makes it stand out is its physical dimensions - this is a massive display piece and when combined with some motorisation it really draws a crowd. But it is any good?</p>Sun, 17 Jun 2018 03:01:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/165/review-lego-10261-roller-coaster/Pro Plan Raffles and Prizeshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/162/pro-plan-raffles-and-prizes/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/rafflesets.jpg"><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">Starting from June I will be introducing a monthly raffle. I will be giving away a prize every month to a randomly selected <a href="/plans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pro or Designer Plan</a> user. There is no cost to entering the raffle, other than the standard Pro/Designer Plan upgrade cost. Free Plan users might still be eligible for a chance to win from July onwards via special criteria, but I will provide more details on that another time.</span></p>Wed, 30 May 2018 02:48:38 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/162/pro-plan-raffles-and-prizes/New Feature - Private Messaginghttps://rebrickable.com/blog/161/new-feature-private-messaging/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/IMG_4603a.JPG/800x396.jpg"><p>I've been thinking about adding this feature for years, but I kept putting it off as too hard and too low priority. I've finally gone ahead and added it primarily to assist the admin team with discussing submitted change requests etc. However, I'm sure it will find some good use outside of that.</p>Mon, 28 May 2018 01:48:45 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/161/new-feature-private-messaging/Creator Alternate Build Competition - Resultshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/160/creator-alternate-build-competition-results/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nequmodiva/31039-biplane/31039_Biplane_07.jpg/800x350.jpg"><p>During March/April we were running an <a href="/blog/159/creator-alternate-build-competition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alternate Build contest</a> based on the Creator theme. I'm pleased to announce we have finally decided on the winners!</p>Thu, 10 May 2018 11:07:36 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/160/creator-alternate-build-competition-results/Creator Alternate Build Competitionhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/159/creator-alternate-build-competition/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/creatorprize.jpg/800x452.jpg"><p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: The competition is over! <a href="/blog/160/creator-alternate-build-competition-results/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See the results</a>.</p><p>It's time we ran another competition! I want to run more competitions this year than I have been lately. To start with, we're...</p>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 21:21:42 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/159/creator-alternate-build-competition/New Feature - My MOC Timelinehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/158/new-feature-my-moc-timeline/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/moctimeline2.png"><p>I wanted to point out a new feature I've added, since it might not be so obvious. It is designed to provide more feedback to MOC designers, as well as help you keep track and build a sort of portfolio of other people's MOCs you have built.</p>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 01:03:22 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/158/new-feature-my-moc-timeline/New Features - LEGO Collection Managementhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/157/new-features-lego-collection-management/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2018/partsgroup.png/800x801.jpg"><p>I have made several enhancements and added new features related to managing your LEGO collection. These will help make Rebrickable the best LEGO collection management tool around :)</p><p>You can now optionally group the results of parts and sets...</p>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 04:20:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/157/new-features-lego-collection-management/2017 - Year in Reviewhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/156/2017-year-in-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/geo.png/800x506.jpg"><p>Time to see what happened in 2017 and play with some numbers!</p><p>The volume of traffic received in 2017 was fairly close to 2016, with a much smaller growth compared to previous years.</p>Mon, 01 Jan 2018 02:35:06 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/156/2017-year-in-review/New 2018 LEGO Setshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/155/new-2018-lego-sets/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Simon/2018/new-2018.jpg"><p>We will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the LEGO brick together with the 86th anniversary of the LEGO Brand. This year is bound to be the year the world's minifigure population will surpass the human population (7.5 billion). The year LEGO will introduce The Powerpuff Girls and Unikitty and reintroduce Jurassic World and Harry Potter. And we are getting the new Power Functions 2.0 and two new <a title="Jump to Trains" href="#TRAI">Train</a> sets! Combined with Building Bigger Thinking and vintage Exclusive sets, it is going to be, without any doubt, a fantastic year to be a LEGO fan! So to whet your appetite, or to keep you updated, here is our (almost) up-to-date and revised review of all the new <a title="See all 2018 sets in a new browser tab" href="/search/?search_type=sets&amp;min_year=2018&amp;max_year=2018#sets" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2018</a> LEGO sets.</p>Wed, 06 Dec 2017 19:51:04 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/155/new-2018-lego-sets/MOCPlans has merged with Rebrickable﻿https://rebrickable.com/blog/154/mocplans-has-merged-with-rebrickable/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/mp1.png/800x350.jpg"><p>MOCPlans.com was a site dedicated to selling Building Instructions for MOCs. An old idea but the first site I'm aware of to try and create a dedicated platform just for LEGO MOC instructions.&nbsp;</p>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 06:47:41 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/154/mocplans-has-merged-with-rebrickable/Review - Madoca1977's Icarus Supercarhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/153/review-madoca1977s-icarus-supercar/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/moc-icarus-supercar/IMG_4475a.jpg/800x653.jpg"><p><a style="background-color: #ffffff;" href="/mocs/MOC-4562/Madoca1977/icarus-supercar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madoca's Icarus Supercar</a>&nbsp;is a 1:10 scale model of the McLaren P1. Madoca says it's heavily inspired by the McLaren, due to some small differences, but it looks damn close to me.&nbsp;</p>Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:12:11 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/153/review-madoca1977s-icarus-supercar/Review - LEGO 21309 NASA Apollo Saturn Vhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/151/review-lego-12309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-21309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v/IMG_4443a.jpg/800x490.jpg"><p>The latest LEGO Ideas set is the NASA Apollo Saturn V. By now, you've probably seen plenty of reviews from those lucky enough to get the set before it sold out. I'm happy to bring you Rebrickable's review of this amazing model.</p>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 02:29:18 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/151/review-lego-12309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v/New Features﻿https://rebrickable.com/blog/150/new-features-fan-photos-part-images-buy-sets/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/mocphotos2.jpg/800x560.jpg"><p>In the last month or two I've added many new features and fixes. I'll just mention a few of the new features below.</p><p>You can now upload your own photos of MOCs you have built, or modded. This is a great way to show off what you've built, and provides some great feedback to...</p>Sun, 21 May 2017 22:42:05 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/150/new-features-fan-photos-part-images-buy-sets/Rebrickable Planshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/149/rebrickable-plans/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/upgrade.png/800x351.jpg"><p>Many of you have probably noticed the references to Pro Plans scattered here and there on the site over the last couple of months. Now that the v3 release has stabilised, I've now managed to find time to finish the Plan features.</p>Sat, 01 Apr 2017 22:54:28 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/149/rebrickable-plans/Rebrickable v3 - One Month Laterhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/147/rebrickable-v3-one-month-later/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/commits.png/800x517.jpg"><p>So it's been about a month since we released the Rebrickable v3 "update". I thought I'd write a quick post to bring everyone up to speed with what has happened in that month.</p><p>After the initial release, there were significant performance problems that were not revealed during...</p>Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:12:23 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/147/rebrickable-v3-one-month-later/Welcome to Rebrickable v3!https://rebrickable.com/blog/146/welcome-to-rebrickable-v3/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/responsive.png"><p>About 18&nbsp;months ago I had a dangerous thought - "what would I do differently if I were to start again?". The answer was "a lot"! The first 5 years of Rebrickable has taught me so much about building and running a large website, I learned about fields I didn't even know existed :)</p>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:39:36 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/146/welcome-to-rebrickable-v3/Rebrickable v3 - Preview/Testinghttps://rebrickable.com/blog/145/rebrickable-v3-beta-testing/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2017/beta.png"><p>As <a href="/blog/2016/rebrickable-v3-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">previously announced</a>, I have spent most of the last year on completely rebuilding Rebrickable from scratch. I am now opening up the testing site for access to everyone,&nbsp;please take a look around and try it out!</p>Sat, 14 Jan 2017 10:18:43 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/145/rebrickable-v3-beta-testing/2016 - Year In Reviewhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/144/year-in-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2016/realtime.png/800x414.jpg"><p>Numbers time! Rebrickable has been running for five years now, and 2016 was an extremely busy time for me.</p><p>The below chart shows the daily page views for the last 5 years. There is always a surge of activity right after Christmas which eventually tapers off, but the overall...</p>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:03:11 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/144/year-in-review/Top MOC Competition Winner for December (Final Round)https://rebrickable.com/blog/143/top-moc-competition-winner-december/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-6006.jpg"><p>The Final Round of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=12">Round 12 - December Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;150 worth of LEGO.</p>Sat, 31 Dec 2016 21:32:40 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/143/top-moc-competition-winner-december/Top MOC Competition Winner for Novemberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/142/top-moc-competition-winner-november/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/Chade/a-team-van/001a.jpg/800x449.jpg"><p>Round 11 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="/competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=11">Round 11 - November Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;50 worth of LEGO.</p><p>Congratulations to <a href="/designer/Chade">Chade</a> for his entry: <a href="/mocs/Chade/a-team-van">MOC-5945...</p>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 23:47:10 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/142/top-moc-competition-winner-november/Top MOC Competition Winner for Octoberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/140/top-moc-competition-winner-october/<img src="https://www.bricksafe.com/files/Crowkillers/8860-revival/2016%208860/800x450.jpg"><p>Round 10 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="/competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=10">Round 10 - October Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;50 worth of LEGO.</p><p>Congratulations to <a href="/designer/crowkillers">Crowkillers</a> for his entry:...</p>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:22:31 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/140/top-moc-competition-winner-october/Rebrickable v3 Updatehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/139/rebrickable-v3-update/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2016/v3/oct/title.png"><p>About 6 months ago I <a href="/blog/2016/rebrickable-v3-coming-soon">announced</a> that a completely new Rebrickable is on it's way. I've been hard at work making that happen, and we are getting closer.</p>Sat, 15 Oct 2016 02:34:46 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/139/rebrickable-v3-update/Top MOC Competition Winner for Septemberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/138/top-moc-competition-winner-september/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-5611.jpg"><p>Round 9 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=9">Round 9 - September Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;50 worth of LEGO.</p>Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:09:39 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/138/top-moc-competition-winner-september/Review - LEGO 21307 Caterham Seven 620Rhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/137/lego-review-21307-Caterham-Seven-620R/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/21307/DSC_3538.JPG"><p>The Caterham project has been on Lego Ideas for about two years before reaching ten thousand votes and being approved into an official set. I wasn't expecting it to be choosen, honestly, but i'm happy to be wrong. Lego car lovers will be enthusiastic of this set, that, despite being a different theme, joins the recent wave of similar scaled cars like the <a href="http://rebrickable.com/sets/10248-1/ferrari-f40-creator-2015">F40</a>, the <a href="http://rebrickable.com/sets/10252-1/volkswagen-beetle-creator-2016">Volkswagen Beetle</a>, <a href="http://rebrickable.com/sets/10242-1/mini-cooper-creator-2014">The Mini Cooper</a>, etc.</p>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:01:41 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/137/lego-review-21307-Caterham-Seven-620R/Review - LEGO 10254 Winter Holiday Trainhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/136/Review-LEGO-10254-Winter-Holiday-Train/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/TobyMac/review/10254/ori/001.JPG"><p>The new addition to the Winter Village: <a href="http://rebrickable.com/sets/10254-1/winter-holiday-train-Christmas-2016">10254: Winter Holiday Train</a>. The series started in 2009, and had a new set every year, except for last year. In 2015 LEGO released a re-release of the 10199 Toy Shop, the 10249 Toy Shop. Many were wondering what would come this year. Will LEGO bring something new, or will they make another re-release. That question is now answered: LEGO released a brand new set! Let's see how it will fit in the Winter Village.</p>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:31:15 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/136/Review-LEGO-10254-Winter-Holiday-Train/Review - LEGO 71040 The Disney Castlehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/134/lego-review-71040-the-disney-castle/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-71040-the-disney-castle/IMG_4343a.jpg/800x1201.jpg"><p>When The Disney Castle was first revealed, I knew I had to have it :) It is certainly an impressive set due to it's size and is instantly recognisable by pretty much anyone. The Disney Castle contains lots of playable features from various Disney movies, some obvious while others were not so obvious (at least to me).</p>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 03:38:41 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/134/lego-review-71040-the-disney-castle/Top MOC Competition Winner for Augusthttps://rebrickable.com/blog/133/top-moc-competition-winner-august/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-5282.jpg"><p>Round 8 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=8">Round 8 - August Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;75 worth of LEGO.</p>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:46:05 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/133/top-moc-competition-winner-august/Review - LEGO 42054 Claas Xerion 5000 Trac VChttps://rebrickable.com/blog/132/lego-42054-claas-xerion-5000-trac-vc/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-42054-claas-xerion-5000-trac-vc/IMG_4186a.jpg"><p>The 42054 Claas Xerion 5000 Trac VC is one of the three new Technic sets released in the second half of 2016. It's quite a large set at just under 2000 parts but still only half the size of the <a href="../../../sets/42055-1/bucket-wheel-excavator-construction-2016">42055 Bucket Wheel Excavator</a>. The Claas Xerion really stood out to me as a quite unique build.</p>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 05:29:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/132/lego-42054-claas-xerion-5000-trac-vc/Top MOC Competition Winner for Julyhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/131/top-moc-competition-winner-july/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-5161.jpg"><p>Round 7 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=7">Round 7 - July Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;75 worth of LEGO.</p><p>Congratulations to <a href="../../../designer/HallBricks">HallBricks</a> for...</p>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:02:10 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/131/top-moc-competition-winner-july/LEGO Remakehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/130/lego-remake/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2016/remake.png"><p>Back in 2014, I met with LEGO to talk about Rebrickable and throw around some ideas for making something awesome together. The one thing that stood out for them was how Rebrickable highlights the value of alternate builds - i.e. MOCs that can be built from just a single official set. With the Rebrickable <a href="/pick_set">Build calculations</a> making these MOCs stand out with 100% matching results, they have proven very popular among users. For the last ~6 months, I have been working closely with a select few Rebrickable designers and a small group within LEGO to build out a new website. Now finally, after 2 years, we have something to show for this effort &ndash; <a href="https://wwwsecure.lego.com/en-us/remake">LEGO Remake</a>.</p>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 11:41:36 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/130/lego-remake/Review - LEGO 42053 Volvo EW 160Ehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/129/lego-42053-volvo-ew-160e/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/42053-volvo-ew-160e/IMG_4104a.jpg/875x800.jpg"><p>The 42053 Volvo EW 160E is one of the three new Technic sets being released in the second half of 2016. It is also based on the pneumatic system v2 which don't come along too often.</p>...</p>Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:18:40 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/129/lego-42053-volvo-ew-160e/Review - LEGO 42055 Bucket Wheel Excavatorhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/128/review-lego-42055-bucket-wheel-excavator/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/TobyMac/review/42055/tn_F000.JPG"><p>The much anticipated (at least by me) set Bucket Wheel Excavator 42055. When this monster was announced, I knew I had to get him. Especially the new gear-part 24121 looks like a great addition to the Technic collection. I&rsquo;m expecting a new wave of MOC from it. Let&rsquo;s see if this set can meet up with the/my expectations.</p>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 11:46:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/128/review-lego-42055-bucket-wheel-excavator/Top MOC Competition Winner for Junehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/127/top-moc-competition-winner-june/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-4960.jpg"><p>Round 6 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=6">Round 6 - June Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;75 worth of LEGO.</p><p>Congratulations to <a href="../../../designer/ontek">Ontek</a> for his entry:...</p>Thu, 30 Jun 2016 22:14:03 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/127/top-moc-competition-winner-june/Review - LEGO 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RShttps://rebrickable.com/blog/126/review-lego-42056-porsche-911-GT3-RS/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2016/tn_5ed5363acf1ec72b51d784c65dcd0ff5_300x.png"><p>Sorry, this review has been removed as the original author decided to delete his images.</p>Sun, 26 Jun 2016 22:40:21 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/126/review-lego-42056-porsche-911-GT3-RS/Top MOC Competition Winner for Mayhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/124/top-moc-competition-winner-may/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-4911.jpg"><p>Round 5 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=5">Round 5 - May Final Rankings!</a>. The prize for this round was &euro;75 worth of LEGO.</p><p>Congratulations to <a href="../../../designer/Charbel">Charbel</a> for his entry:...</p>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:36:01 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/124/top-moc-competition-winner-may/Review - 75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquartershttps://rebrickable.com/blog/123/lego-75827-ghostbusters-firehouse-headquarters-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/75827-ghostbusters-firehouse-headquarters/IMG_3914a.jpg/875x700.jpg"><p>The Ghostbusters Headquarters Firehouse is similar to sets that have been submitted to LEGO Ideas, including one by the <a href="http://rebrickable.com/blog/2014/review-lego-21108-ghostbusters-ecto-1">original Ecto 1</a> designer <a href="https://secure.flickr.com/photos/wetwired/">Brent Waller</a>. I can't understate how massive this set is! It actually took me something like 2 months to finish building this - mainly because of the need to take photos, and inability to dedicate the many, many hours needed to finish it!</p>Sat, 07 May 2016 03:44:45 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/123/lego-75827-ghostbusters-firehouse-headquarters-review/Top MOC Competition Winner for Aprilhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/122/top-moc-competition-winner-april/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-4704.jpg"><p>Round 4 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=4">Round 4 - April Final Rankings!</a></p><p>Congratulations to <a href="../../../designer/nico71">Nico71</a> for his entry: <a href="../../../mocs/nico71/crawler-grabber">MOC-4704...</p>Sun, 01 May 2016 00:24:22 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/122/top-moc-competition-winner-april/Rebrickable LEGO Shopper App for iOShttps://rebrickable.com/blog/121/rebrickable-lego-shopper-app-for-ios/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2016/app-ios.png"><p>It's taken four months, an iMac for development, an iPad for testing, stealing my sister's iPhone for testing, incorporating a GST registered company, and one app store rejection, but I have finally managed to get the Rebrickable LEGO Shopper app into the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rebrickable-shopper-for-lego/id1076064644">Apple App Store</a>! However, I had to rename it to Rebrickable Shopper for LEGO to make the Apple Review team happy :/</p>Sat, 23 Apr 2016 01:29:57 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/121/rebrickable-lego-shopper-app-for-ios/Rebrickable v3 - Coming (not) Soon!https://rebrickable.com/blog/120/rebrickable-v3-coming-soon/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2016/v3/search.png"><p>For the last few months I have been working on the next major release of Rebrickable. That's a bit of an understatement actually - I'm rewriting every single aspect of the site from scratch! I'm calling it Rebrickable v3.</p>Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:54:19 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/120/rebrickable-v3-coming-soon/Top MOC Competition Winner for Marchhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/119/top-moc-competition-winner-march/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-4562.jpg"><p>Round 3 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=3">Round 3 - March Final Rankings!</a></p><p>Congratulations to <a href="../../../designer/Madoca1977">Madoca1977</a> for his entry: <a href="../../../mocs/Madoca1977/icarus-supercar">MOC-4562...</p>Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:04:16 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/119/top-moc-competition-winner-march/Review - 21305 Maze + Interview with Jason Allemannhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/117/review-lego-ideas-21305-maze-interview/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-21305-maze/IMG_3756a.jpg/875x700.jpg"><p><img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-21305-maze/IMG_3756a.jpg/875x700.jpg" width="875px" height="700px" /></p><p>The <a href="../../../sets/21305-1/maze-lego-ideas-and-cuusoo-2016">21305 Maze</a> is the 13th LEGO Ideas set released. It was designed by Jason Allemann who...</p>Sun, 13 Mar 2016 23:08:42 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/117/review-lego-ideas-21305-maze-interview/Review - 10251 Brick Bankhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/116/review-10251-brick-bank-modular-buildings/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-10251-brick-bank/IMG_3728a.jpg/875x900.jpg"><p><img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-10251-brick-bank/IMG_3728a.jpg/875x900.jpg" width="875px" height="900px" /></p><p>The Brick Bank is the 2016 Modular Building from LEGO.</p>Sat, 05 Mar 2016 12:04:42 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/116/review-10251-brick-bank-modular-buildings/Top MOC Competition Winner for Februaryhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/115/top-moc-competition-winner-february/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-4348.jpg"><p>Round 2 of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=2">Round 2 - February Final Rankings!</a></p><p>Congratulations to <a href="../../../designer/filsawgood">filsawgood</a> for his entry: <a href="../../../mocs/filsawgood/lego-technic-aircraft-tug-xl">MOC-4348...</p>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:12:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/115/top-moc-competition-winner-february/31044 Park Animals [Photo Review]https://rebrickable.com/blog/112/review-31044-park-animals/<img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1643/25143438906_04264b222c.jpg"><p>Parks in LEGO City have become a dangerous place crawling with wild <a href="/sets/31044-1/">animals</a> and homeless dogs!</p><p>This is a quick photo review of set <strong><a href="/sets/31044-1/">31044</a> Park Animals</strong> which is a new addition in a series of 3-in-1 Creator sets depicting...</p>Sat, 27 Feb 2016 10:57:37 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/112/review-31044-park-animals/Lego Architecture 21026 Venezia Reviewhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/111/lego-architecture-venice-21026-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/21026//21026.jpg"><p>When i first heard about this model i knew i had to get it, becouse, well, it happens that i live in Venice and it's not an everyday thing that Lego releases an architecture set of your city! Seeing the Saint Mark lion printed on a brick gave me a really funny feeling!</p>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:16:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/111/lego-architecture-venice-21026-review/Holy 76052-1 Batman™https://rebrickable.com/blog/109/lego-batman-batcave-76052-review/<img src="http://www.bricksafe.com/files/theskirrid/Rebrickable/Reviews/76052/76052_Box2_na.jpg/800x757.jpg"><p>So, it's finally here. Announced on the 50th Anniversary of the classic 60's show it's LEGO&trade;'s Batman&trade; Classic TV Series - Batcave.</p><p>Let's start with the packaging, and it's a camp and fun affair, like the series itself. It's clearly not taking...</p>Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:20:20 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/109/lego-batman-batcave-76052-review/Mystery Behind the Slopehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/107/mysterious-slope/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/sheo/mysterious-slope/Pic%201.JPG"><p>This article is a reverse engineering of a certain mold change of part <strong><a href="/parts/92946">Slope 2 x 1 with 2/3 Cutout</a></strong>.</p><p>The idea for this article came to me when recently I was browsing through my inventory on Rebrickable...</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:21:51 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/107/mysterious-slope/Top MOC Competition Winner for January/Updateshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/106/top-moc-competition-winner-january/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-3955.jpg"><p>The first round of the Top MOC Competition is over: <a href="../../../competitions/top_moc_rankings?round_id=1">Round 1 - December/January Final Rankings!</a></p><p>Congratulations to Jason Allemann for his entry: <a href="../../../mocs/jasonallemann/sisyphus-kinetic-sculpture">MOC-3955...</p>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:39:21 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/106/top-moc-competition-winner-january/Review - 71203 LEGO Dimensions Portal 2 Level Packhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/105/review-71203-lego-dimensions-portal-2-level-pack/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/71173-lego-dimensions/71203-portal-2-level-pack/IMG_3529a.jpg/275x285.jpg"><p>The Portal 2 Level Pack is an expansion to the <a href="../../2015/review-71173-lego-dimensions">LEGO Dimensions</a> game. It's one of four such level expansion packs available at this time.</p><p>The box contains just 2 plastic bags and the building instructions which only show...</p>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:16:13 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/105/review-71203-lego-dimensions-portal-2-level-pack/Review - 21304 Doctor Whohttps://rebrickable.com/blog/104/review-21304-lego-ideas-doctor-who/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/lego-21303-doctor-who/IMG_3584a.jpg/875x800.jpg"><p>Doctor Who is the latest from the LEGO Ideas line of sets. The <a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/59181">original submission</a> was in Feb 2014 and included some variations and alternate possible Doctors. The final design chose to include two Doctors (but only one companion), and was pretty faithful to the original idea. It includes the detachable Tardis and interior control console.</p>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:36:29 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/104/review-21304-lego-ideas-doctor-who/2015 - Year In Reviewhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/103/year-in-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2015/year-in-review/2015.png/875x170.jpg"><p>Rebrickable has been running for four years now, with 2015 seeing plenty of growth.</p><p>The below chart shows the daily page views for the last 4 years. This last week has seen a big surge in users which I hope continues into 2016!</p>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 01:40:52 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/103/year-in-review/Review - 71173 LEGO Dimensionshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/102/review-71173-lego-dimensions/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/71173-lego-dimensions/IMG_3169a.jpg/875x700.jpg"><p>LEGO Dimensions is a console game with physical LEGO parts. There was a big marketing campaign around it, given it's tie-ins with lots of other franchises including Back To The Future, Portal, The Simpsons, Lord of The Rings, Jurassic World and many more. 71173 is the XBox 360 Starter Pack, there is an equivalent starter pack for a number of other games consoles.</p>Tue, 29 Dec 2015 03:50:09 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/102/review-71173-lego-dimensions/Rebrickable LEGO Shopper App for Androidhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/101/rebrickable-lego-shopper-app/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2015/app/app.png"><p>I&rsquo;m very excited to announce the release of my first mobile app &ndash; the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rebrickable.shopper&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog">Rebrickable LEGO Shopper</a>.</p>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:24:18 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/101/rebrickable-lego-shopper-app/Review - 10249 Toy Shophttps://rebrickable.com/blog/100/review-lego-advanced-models-10249-toy-shop/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/10249/DSC_2795.JPG"><p>So since we are approaching Christmas, let's get in the mood with the review of this year Winter Village, Advanced Model set: <a href="/sets/10249-1/">10249: Toy Shop</a>. This is part of a tradition of yearly seasonal cute winter village buildings dating back to 2009, including such gems as the <a href="/sets/10235-1/">10235: Winter Village Market</a> and last year wonderful <a href="/sets/10245-1/">10245: Santa's Workshop</a>. But as many of you already know, this set kind of break the tradition, as it is not a brand new model but instead a re-release of the first one of the series, <a href="/sets/10199-1/">10199 Winter Village Toy Shop</a>. Have we entered a loop of re-releases of winter sets? Or was it just a lazy year for Lego? Only time will tell, but surely many Lego enthusiasts expecting a new set were not pleased by this turn of events.</p>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 07:32:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/100/review-lego-advanced-models-10249-toy-shop/Top MOC Competitionhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/99/top-moc-competition/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2015/topmoc/places.png"><p>It's been a while since we ran a competition. So to make up for that, we have come up with something a bit different. The new Top MOC Competition will be a continuous month-by-month award to the most liked MOC on Rebrickable. To make this as fair (and automated) as possible, the rules are a little different to normal...</p>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:56:09 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/99/top-moc-competition/New Feature - Follow Designershttps://rebrickable.com/blog/98/follow-designers-feature/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2015/follow/follow1.png"><p>So I haven't written about updates in a while, although I'm continuously tweaking things here and there. I've added a new feature that should have been there a long time ago. You can now "follow" designers and be notified when they submit MOCs. This is separate to the usual notifications for any MOCs that match your build threshold criteria.</p>Fri, 27 Nov 2015 22:32:54 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/98/follow-designers-feature/Review - 75099 Rey's Speederhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/97/review-lego-star-wars-75099-Reys-Speeder/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/75099/DSC_2587.JPG"><p>Here we are with another StarWars The Force Awakens review! This set is Rey's Speeder, a brand new speeder type we first saw on the trailer some months ago.<br />Again, I'm not sure how the vehicle or the characters fit in the plot, and I'm trying to avoid any spoiler, so no information on that side :)<br />On the Lego side, I was instantly attracted by this set, the dark red color and the greebling being the main factor for my interest. So let's see how it is!</p>Mon, 05 Oct 2015 09:17:46 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/97/review-lego-star-wars-75099-Reys-Speeder/Review - 75102 Poe's X-Wing Fighterhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/96/review-lego-star-wars-75102-poe-s-x-wing-fighter/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/75102/cover.jpg"><p>This year wave of Star Wars sets surely raised a lot of interest in the Lego community, not only becouse they're from a new Star Wars movie that have yet to be released, but also becouse they look objectively cool. Poe's X-Wing Fighter expecially captured my attention with his elegant new color scheme for a very old and well known spaceship. Who is this Poe, and why does he have a custom colored X-Wing? I don't know if there are rumors already circulating about the plot, and i don't want to know either, since i'm trying to avoid any spoiler. But my guess it's either some "boss" of other pilots, or some rogue fighter who customized his (maybe stolen?) X-Wing. What's your guess?</p>Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:11:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/96/review-lego-star-wars-75102-poe-s-x-wing-fighter/Review - 21303 WALL•Ehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/95/review-lego-ideas-21303-wall-e/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/12303-wall-e/IMG_1897a.jpg/800x630.jpg"><p>The <a href="../../../sets/21303-1/wall%E2%80%A2e-lego-ideas-and-cuusoo-2015">WALL&bull;E set</a> is the latest release from the LEGO Ideas platform, and has received a decent amount of news coverage lately, including plenty of criticism. In case you didn't know, WALL&bull;E is the main character in the 2008 Pixar movie titled WALL&bull;E.</p>Sat, 12 Sep 2015 10:07:22 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/95/review-lego-ideas-21303-wall-e/Review - Nathanaël Kuipers' Predator Supercarhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/94/review-nathanael-kuipers-predator-supercar-moc/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/moc-predator-supercar/IMG_9942a.jpg/800x295.jpg"><p>The <a href="../../../mocs/nathanael/predator-supercar">Predator Supercar</a> by <a href="http://nkubate.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=67:predator-supercar&amp;Itemid=566" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nathana&euml;l Kuipers</a> is the first MOC that I've reviewed on Rebrickable. If you have not heard of Nathana&euml;l before, he was a LEGO designer responsible for the design of several Technic sets from 2005 to 2008. He is also the author of The LEGO Build It Book series. Not just a Technic whiz, Nathana&euml;l has also created dozens of amazing Creator alternate models which you can find on his <a href="http://www.nkubate.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;layout=item&amp;id=7&amp;Itemid=101" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a>.</p>Sun, 26 Jul 2015 05:36:10 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/94/review-nathanael-kuipers-predator-supercar-moc/Review - 21302 The Big Bang Theoryhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/93/review-lego-ideas-21302-the_big_bang_theory/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/21302/DSC_2312.JPG"><p>So here we are, The Big Bang Theory set is finally available, and we can finally see if it's worth or not. When Lego Ideas announced the production of this Idea, i was undecided. On one side i'm a huge fan of the show since its inception, so of course i rejoiced at the news. On the other side i couldn't help but grumble about how much franchises became dominant in Ideas, despite the abundance of worthy unlicenced models (such as <a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/68503">this one</a> for example, which i choose for reasons completely unrelated to me being the author). TBBT is actually one of the worst offenders here, as there's very little "model" in this set, it's more a bunch of minifigs with a literally half a room to provide a background.</p>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:57:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/93/review-lego-ideas-21302-the_big_bang_theory/New BrickLink + BrickOwl Integrationhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/92/bricklink-brickowl-integration/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2015/bricklink/buy1.png"><p>For the last couple of months, I have been working closely with BrickLink and BrickOwl to improve the user experience when buying LEGO parts. The results from this work has now been made available for Rebrickable users.</p>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:30:15 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/92/bricklink-brickowl-integration/Review - 10248 Ferrari F40https://rebrickable.com/blog/91/review-lego-creator-expert-10248-ferrari-f40/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/10248/DSC_2165.JPG"><p>I remember very well when this car was released in the second half of the eighties. I was a kid back then and the F40, designed by historical firm Pininfarina, exerted and incredible charm to us boys. It was like the absolute top you could ask for a car, from the point of view of a kid: super speed, super slick lines, hidden headlamps, fiery Ferrari red, and much more. Ferrari was the synonym for "ultra fast cars", and F40 was the synonym of Ferrari (or were they metonyms? or synecdoches?).</p>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:28:32 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/91/review-lego-creator-expert-10248-ferrari-f40/Review - 10247 Ferris Wheelhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/90/review-lego-10247-ferris-wheel/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/10247-ferris-wheel/IMG_9987a.jpg/875x1007.jpg"><p><img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/10247-ferris-wheel/IMG_9987a.jpg/875x1007.jpg" /></p><p>The 10247 Ferris Wheel is an Expert Creator set, which typically means it's a larger and more complicated build than most. It's certainly physically larger than most LEGO sets at 60cm...</p>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:17:02 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/90/review-lego-10247-ferris-wheel/Bricksafe Upgradeshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/89/bricksafe-upgrades/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/2015/bricksafe/bs5.png"><p>Almost two years after <a href="http://rebrickable.com/blog/2013/bricksafe">launching Bricksafe</a>, I have just completed a huge upgrade. Actually, it's a complete rebuild using different technologies and hardware using everything I've learnt about web development in the last few years.</p>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:49:54 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/89/bricksafe-upgrades/Interview with Madoca1977https://rebrickable.com/blog/88/interview-with-madoca1977/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/jantjeuh/Madoka%20interview/C856488F-0821-48C4-A588-2712DDF214B6.png"><p>Which LEGO Technic fan by now has not heard of Madoca1977? Two years ago he burst onto the MOC scene with some of the best Technic MOCs the LEGO world had ever seen, and has been releasing excellent MOC after excellent MOC ever since. <br /><br />Now, he has agreed to sit down with us folks at Rebrickable for an exclusive interview. Read on to learn all about the man behind the Madoca1977 moniker!</p>Sat, 16 May 2015 14:28:56 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/88/interview-with-madoca1977/Review - 31036 Toy and Grocery Shophttps://rebrickable.com/blog/87/review-lego-creator-31036-toys-grocery-shop/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/31036/DSC_1589.JPG"><p><img title="LEGO Creator 31036 Toys Grocery Shop" src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/31036/DSC_1589.JPG" alt="LEGO Creator 31036 Toys Grocery Shop" width="875px" /></p><p>This is my first time building a Creator building. There are many in the theme, but somehow i never got my hand on any...</p>Mon, 04 May 2015 21:28:49 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/87/review-lego-creator-31036-toys-grocery-shop/Review - 31034 Future Flyerhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/86/review-lego-creator-31034-future-flyer/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/31034/DSC_1427.JPG"><p><img title="LEGO Creator 31034 Future Flyer" src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/31034/DSC_1427.JPG" alt="LEGO Creator 31034 Future Flyer" width="875px" /></p><p>There have been a good number of Creator robot in later years. 2011 saw <a href="http://rebrickable.com/sets/5764-1/rescue-robot-basic-model-2011">5764...</p>Sun, 12 Apr 2015 08:59:01 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/86/review-lego-creator-31034-future-flyer/Review - 31031 Rainforest Animalshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/83/review-lego-creator-31031-rainforest-animals/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/31031/cover.jpg"><p><img title="LEGO Creator 31031 Rainforest Animals" src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/reviews/31031/cover.jpg" alt="LEGO Creator 31031 Rainforest Animals" width="875px" /></p><p>The 31031 Rainforest Animals is a new 3-in-1 Creator set, one of the recent wave of brick built animal sets, including...</p>Sun, 29 Mar 2015 11:48:31 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/83/review-lego-creator-31031-rainforest-animals/Review - 42041 Race Truckhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/82/review-lego-technic-42041-race-truck/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_9367b.jpg"><p>The <a href="../../../sets/42041-1/race-truck-race-2015">42041 Race Truck</a> is the last of the first batch of 2015 Technic sets I will be reviewing. If it looks familiar, that's because it is a re-release of the 2010 set <a href="../../../sets/8041-1/race-truck-race-2010">8041</a>.</p>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:31:12 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/82/review-lego-technic-42041-race-truck/Review - 42037 Formula Off-Roaderhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/81/review-lego-42037-formula-off-roader/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_9268b.jpg"><p>The 42037 Formula Off-Roader is a new 2015 Technic set with just under 500 parts, making it a medium sized model compared to the other ones released at the same time.</p><p>The box contains:</p>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:18:02 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/81/review-lego-42037-formula-off-roader/Review - 42038 Arctic Truckhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/80/review-lego-technic-42038-arctic-truck/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_9032b.jpg"><p><img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_9032b.jpg" width="846" height="545" /></p><p>The <a href="../../../sets/42038-1/arctic-truck-off-road-2015">42038 Arctic Truck</a> is the 2nd largest of the <a href="http://rebrickable.com/search?q=&amp;theme=001&amp;numpieces=0&amp;maxpieces=1050&amp;year=2015&amp;yearto=2015&amp;official=1&amp;pt=0&amp;c=-1&amp;sets=&amp;showprints=1">2015...</p>Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:59:30 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/80/review-lego-technic-42038-arctic-truck/Review - 42036 Street Motorcyclehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/79/review-lego-technic-42036-street-motorcycle/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8993a.jpg"><p>There are not too many Technic Motorcycle sets released, the last ones being the <a href="../../../sets/42007-1/moto-cross-bike-technic-2013">42007 Moto Cross Bike</a> in 2013 and the <a href="../../../sets/8291-1/dirt-bike-riding-cycle-2008">8291 Dirt Bike</a> in 2008. The <a href="../../../sets/42036-1/street-motorcycle-riding-cycle-2015">42036 Street Motorcycle</a> set is the latest one to be released.</p>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 06:05:15 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/79/review-lego-technic-42036-street-motorcycle/Review - 42039 24 Hours Race Carhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/78/review-lego-technic-42039-24-hours-race-car/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8961b.jpg"><p><img title="Vroooom vroooom" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8961b.jpg" width="846" height="440" /></p><p>I was able to get my hands on this 2015 Technic flagship set (thanks to Kim from the LEGO CEE team!) for review. It does not have as many parts as previous flagship models,...</p>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 23:21:26 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/78/review-lego-technic-42039-24-hours-race-car/Review - 42035 Mining Truckhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/77/review-lego-technic-42035-mining-truck/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/42035-mining-truck/IMG_8899a.jpg/875x600.jpg"><p>This 42035 Mining Truck is one of the first new Technic sets of 2015. It is a small/medium sized set, and has a great looking design. Read on for the full review.</p>...</p>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:50:04 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/77/review-lego-technic-42035-mining-truck/Review - 10246 Detective's Officehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/76/review-lego-10246-detectives-office/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8885.jpg"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is my second full sized Modular Building set (see the <a href="http://rebrickable.com/blog/2013/review-10243-parisian-restaurant">Parisian Restaurant review</a>). I really enjoyed the first one, so read on to see how this one compares :)</p>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:17:19 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/76/review-lego-10246-detectives-office/2014 Year in Reviewhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/74/year-in-review/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/yr1-3-views.png"><p>I didn't do a birthday post in August this year, instead I decided to switch to calendar year annual updates. Rebrickable's third year saw lots of user growth, lots of new functionality, and lots of data improvements.</p>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 01:08:43 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/74/year-in-review/Site Updates - Novemberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/73/site-updates-november/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/popups.png"><p>We have certainly had a busy November. For the first time in Rebrickable's 3 year history, I have had another developer help me with code changes. As a control freak, this was pretty nerve wracking at first. However, unlike myself, Jantjeuh is a professional web developer who has also been a Rebrickable Inventory Admin for the last 4 months and at the start of November started helping me fix my dodgy code. Surprisingly he didn't run away screaming after seeing it :) He has been invaluable in refactoring a lot of code to make it easier to maintain and helping me switch to better web development workflows like using git. Thanks Jantjeuh!</p>Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:51:51 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/73/site-updates-november/Review - The Art of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Programminghttps://rebrickable.com/blog/72/review-art-of-lego-mindstorms-ev3-programming/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/tribot1.jpg"><p>The Art of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Programming is a new book from <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/artofev3programming">No Starch Press</a> written by Terry Griffin, the author of the <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/nxt-g.htm">NXT book</a> by a similar name.</p>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:56:17 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/72/review-art-of-lego-mindstorms-ev3-programming/Review - Mindstorms EV3 - MindCub3rhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/70/review-mindstorms-ev3-mindcub3r/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8402a.jpg"><p>Rather than pick another of the community supplied robots that come with the EV3 software, I wanted to build a Rubik's Cube solving robot. It just so happens there is a fantastic project already available that creates one from just the 31313 EV3 parts - the <a href="http://mindcuber.com/mindcub3r/mindcub3r.html">MindCub3r</a> created by <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidGilday">David Gilday</a>. Awesome :)</p>Sat, 08 Nov 2014 06:29:31 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/70/review-mindstorms-ev3-mindcub3r/Review - 21117 Minecraft The Ender Dragonhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/69/review-21117-minecraft-the-ender-dragon/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8530a.jpg"><p>The Ender Dragon is a scene from some game called Minecraft. I guess if you're reading this you most likely already know that and probably know way more about the game than me. But essentially it is a game about using different types of bricks to create stuff. Remind you of something?</p>Sun, 02 Nov 2014 06:23:13 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/69/review-21117-minecraft-the-ender-dragon/Review - 21116 Minecraft Crafting Boxhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/68/review-lego-21116-minecraft-crafting-box/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/jantjeuh/Review%2021116-1/21116%20Review%20-%2001.jpg"><p>As you might have heard, TLG will soon unleash six new Minecraft sets in minifig-scale, which are a followup to the micro world Minecraft sets released two years ago. We will take a closer look at several of these new sets in the upcoming days (weeks?). First up today is the 21116 set titled 'Crafting Box'. This set clocks in at 518 parts and comes with three minifigures: our hero Minecraft Steve, an emaciated looking skeleton, and a weird 'cow' named Nathan (or so I was told). It is a pure coincidence that the webmaster of this site is named Nathan as well. The set features mainly square bricks but also some new molds, as we will show shortly. Time to do some crafting!</p>Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:56:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/68/review-lego-21116-minecraft-crafting-box/Site Updates - Octoberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/67/site-updates-october/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/sets/71004-9.jpg"><p>October had quite a few fixes as usual, plus one major new feature in the <a href="../../../buy_sets">Buy Sets</a> page. We also saw a record number of users on the site with 100K+ unique users and 1M+ page views which is nearly twice the number from October last year.</p>Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:28:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/67/site-updates-october/Buying LEGO Sets - New Featurehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/66/buying-lego-sets-new-feature/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/buysets3.png"><p>I have just released a new feature that I wanted to write a bit more about than the usual monthly quick update. There is now a new <a href="../../../buy_sets">Buy Sets</a> page accessible from the main Sets menu that lists all the known pricing data for each official LEGO set. This data to date has been obtained from Amazon and the LEGO Online Shop. All pricing data is updated daily.</p>Sun, 19 Oct 2014 04:23:41 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/66/buying-lego-sets-new-feature/LEGO Team's Challenge to Rebrickablehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/65/lego-team-challenge-to-rebrickable/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/msx/Police%20Helicopter%20and%20Truck/msx80-60044-bis-main.jpg/200x200"><p>In late August, Kim Thomsen from the LEGO CEE Community Support team contacted myself and the Eurobricks team with a challenge. They are impressed with the database of alternate build MOCs that Rebrickable has accumulated and wanted to see what the community could come up with under some quite restricted conditions. These conditions just so happened to be similar to those forced on internal LEGO designers :)</p>Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:44:30 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/65/lego-team-challenge-to-rebrickable/Minifig Part Number Changeshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/64/minifig-part-number-changes/<img src="http://img.rebrickable.com/img/pieces/large/970c04.png"><p>Due to a number of issues with the current method of naming and describing minifig parts, we are looking at making some changes.</p><p>Check out <a href="http://rebrickable.com/forum/index.php/topic/486-proposed-numbering-changes-to-minifig-parts-we-need-your-feedback/">Jantjeuh's...</p>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:52:34 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/64/minifig-part-number-changes/Site Updates - Septemberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/63/site-updates-september/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/cache/72/cb/72cbe27d534be30f2dc0872e8dfb8dba.jpg"><p>There were a huge number of small fixes and tweaks made in the last month, but no really big user features. I mostly concentrated on fixing known problems and tweaking existing features. I also spent some time beefing up the tools used by the admin team to make their life easier.</p>Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:51:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/63/site-updates-september/Review - 10245 Santa's Workshophttps://rebrickable.com/blog/62/review-lego-10245-santas-workshop/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8387a.jpg"><p>The 10245 Santa's Workshop set is this year's Christmas holiday set. It comes with six minifigures and several smaller models, not to mention some cute Reindeers.</p><p>The box contains:</p>Thu, 18 Sep 2014 12:07:57 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/62/review-lego-10245-santas-workshop/Site Updates - Augusthttps://rebrickable.com/blog/61/site-updates-august/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/mpl2.png"><p>August was a busy month for me both on and off Rebrickable, but there has been plenty of changes.</p><p>You can now store multiple parts lists in your account, just like with sets. Go to your My Parts page to add new lists.</p>Sat, 06 Sep 2014 04:24:22 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/61/site-updates-august/Review - The LEGO Neighborhood Bookhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/60/review-lego-neighborhood-book/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8203a.jpg"><p>The LEGO Neighborhood Book is a new book from <a href="http://www.nostarch.com/legoneighborhood/">No Starch Press</a>, written by Brian and Jason Lyles - the guys from <a href="https://www.brickcitydepot.com/">Brick City Depot</a>. You can find five of their MOCs on <a href="http://rebrickable.com/designer/BrickCityDepot">Rebrickable</a> too.</p>Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:36:28 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/60/review-lego-neighborhood-book/Review - 76023 Batman Tumblerhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/59/review-lego-76023-batman-tumbler/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8197a.jpg"><p>For the few people who don't know what this set is about, it is The Tumbler from the Batman Dark Knight Trilogy. Originally a military prototype vehicle, Bruce Wayne repurposed it for Batman's use. But <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIfVu4wf-4">does it come in LEGO</a>?</p>Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:14:04 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/59/review-lego-76023-batman-tumbler/Review - 31313 Mindstorms EV3 - WACK3Mhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/58/review-lego-31313-mindstorms-ev3-wack3m/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/31313-mindstorms-ev3/wack3m/IMG_8125a.jpg/875x600.jpg"><p><a href="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/31313-mindstorms-ev3/wack3m/IMG_8125a.jpg"> <img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/31313-mindstorms-ev3/wack3m/IMG_8125a.jpg/875x600.jpg" alt="LEGO Mindstorms 31313 Wack3m" width="875px" height="600px" /> </a></p>Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:40:24 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/58/review-lego-31313-mindstorms-ev3-wack3m/Review - 40109 Mini Mini Cooperhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/57/review-lego-40109-mini-mini-cooper/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/polybags/40109-mini-mini-cooper/IMG_8118a.jpg/870x580.jpg"><p><a href="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/polybags/40109-mini-mini-cooper/IMG_8118a.jpg"><img title="LEGO Creator 40109 Mini Cooper Mini Model" src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/polybags/40109-mini-mini-cooper/IMG_8118a.jpg/870x580.jpg" alt="LEGO Creator 40109 Mini Cooper Mini Model" width="870px" /></a></p>Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:05:59 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/57/review-lego-40109-mini-mini-cooper/Site Updates for Julyhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/56/site-updates-july/<img src="http://img.rebrickable.com/img/sets-b/4953-1.jpg"><p>During July I focused on fixing a lot of the small nagging problems. I also spent some time on improving performance of many aspects of the site, as well as cleaned up a lot of code to make things easier to maintain.</p>Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:52:16 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/56/site-updates-july/Review - 10244 Fairground Mixerhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/55/review-lego-10244-fairground-mixer/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8097a.jpg"><p><a href="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/10244-fairground-mixer/IMG_8097a.jpg"><img title="LEGO Creator Fairground Mixer" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_8097a.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70816 Bennys Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!" width="870px" /></a></p>Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:54:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/55/review-lego-10244-fairground-mixer/Site Updates for Junehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/54/site-updates-june/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/sets/10667-1.jpg"><p>This month was mostly about getting through the backlog of submitted sets, mocs, and other changes. I did get a few code fixes and improvements done though as described below.</p><p>You can now generate your own API key without emailing me. Go to your profile's settings page to generate...</p>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 08:35:02 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/54/site-updates-june/Review - 70815 Super Secret Police Dropshiphttps://rebrickable.com/blog/53/lego-70815-super-secret-police-dropship/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/70815.jpg"><p><img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/70815.jpg" width="870px" /></p><p>Hello it is me again. If you don't remember me. I was the guy who did the <a href="http://rebrickable.com/blog/2014/review-lego-70814-emmets-constructo-mech">Emmet's Contructo-Mech</a> review some days ago....</p>Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:40:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/53/lego-70815-super-secret-police-dropship/Review - LEGO 70816 Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!https://rebrickable.com/blog/52/review-lego-movie-70816-bennys-spaceship/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_8018a.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70816 Bennys Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_8018a.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70816 Bennys Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!" width="870px" /></a></p>Sun, 08 Jun 2014 09:41:35 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/52/review-lego-movie-70816-bennys-spaceship/Site Updates for Mayhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/51/site-updates-may/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/sets/5610-1.jpg?a"><p>When not playing with SPACESHIPS! I managed to get this stuff done:</p><p><strong>API Enhancements</strong> - Some new functions and tweaks to existing ones. Details are documented at the <a href="../../../api/">API</a> page.</p>Sat, 31 May 2014 23:31:33 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/51/site-updates-may/Review - LEGO 70814 Emmet's Constructo-Mechhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/50/review-lego-70814-emmets-constructo-mech/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/70814.jpg"><p><img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/70814.jpg" width="870px" /></p><p>Before we start building one of the second wave of LEGO Movie sets. I want to thank Nathan to give me the opportunity to do my first review here. For some reason still unknown to me I'm allowed to step out...</p>Sat, 31 May 2014 03:54:49 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/50/review-lego-70814-emmets-constructo-mech/Review - LEGO 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto 1https://rebrickable.com/blog/49/review-lego-21108-ghostbusters-ecto-1/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_7883a.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Ideas 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto 1" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_7883a.jpg" alt="LEGO Ideas 21108 Ghostbusters Ecto 1" width="890px" /></a></p><p>The Ghostbusters Ecto 1 is the first of the newly branded 'LEGO...</p>Sun, 25 May 2014 05:03:16 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/49/review-lego-21108-ghostbusters-ecto-1/Winner - April MOC Alternate Build Competitionhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/48/winner-april-moc-alternate-build-competition/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/mocs/moc-1466.jpg"><p>The <a href="http://rebrickable.com/blog/2014/moc-alternate-build-competition-april">April competition</a> required the creation of a MOC from a single set. There were <a href="http://rebrickable.com/search?q=comp-apr-2014">21 approved entries</a>. The three judges scored every entry with their own criteria and weightings which included creativity, originiality, playability, instructions, and a host of other aspects.</p>Tue, 13 May 2014 10:47:38 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/48/winner-april-moc-alternate-build-competition/Site Updates for Aprilhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/47/site-updates-april/<img src="https://s.rebrickable.com/static/img/robo3b.png"><p>I have been pretty poor in the past at letting people know about improvements I've made to Rebrickable. I'd much rather build something than talk about it ;) I will start trying to post regular updates for all the small stuff I usually don't mention anywhere.</p>Sat, 03 May 2014 01:20:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/47/site-updates-april/Review - 70809 Lord Business' Evil Lairhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/46/review-70809-lord-business-evil-lair/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_7721.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70809 Lord Business Evil Lair" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_7721.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70809 Lord Business Evil Lair" width="890px" /></a></p>Sun, 27 Apr 2014 11:26:05 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/46/review-70809-lord-business-evil-lair/Rebrickable v2https://rebrickable.com/blog/45/rebrickable-v2/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/3626tree.png"><p>Over the last 6 months I have focused on rebuilding the majority of the backend code that deals with calculating parts reuse between sets (i.e. the main reason behind Rebrickable!). I am happy, and quite a bit relieved, to finally announce that this new functionality is now live and I am going to go ahead and call it v2 :)</p>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:27:43 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/45/rebrickable-v2/Review - 4000010 LEGO Househttps://rebrickable.com/blog/44/4000010-lego-house/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/4000010.jpg"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Inside the classy LEGO internal set style box we have:</p>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 02:52:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/44/4000010-lego-house/Review - 70813 Rescue Reinforcementshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/43/70813-rescue-reinforcements/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_7701.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70813 Rescue Reinforcements" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_7701.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70813 Rescue Reinforcements" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This is one of the largest movie sets released so far, and consists of three quite distinct models.</p>Sat, 05 Apr 2014 22:08:55 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/43/70813-rescue-reinforcements/MOC Alternate Build Competition - Aprilhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/42/moc-alternate-build-competition-april/<img src="http://cache.lego.com/media/bricks/4/2/4295260.jpg"><p>The competition held last December was a great success with lots of awesome MOCs. We are running another one for April, with a similar theme. Create and submit a MOC using only the parts from any single set of your choice (that meets the criteria below). If your submission gets the most votes at the end of the month, you win $100!</p>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:10:30 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/42/moc-alternate-build-competition-april/Review - 70811 The Flying Flusherhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/41/review-70811-the-flying-flusher/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_5438.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70811 The Flying Flusher" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_5438.JPG" alt="LEGO Movie 70811 The Flying Flusher" width="890px" /></a></p><p>The last of the 2-in-1 sets to review, The Flying Flusher is an interesting one. In what I think is a first...</p>Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:10:30 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/41/review-70811-the-flying-flusher/Review - 70806 Castle Cavalryhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/40/review-70806-castle-cavalry/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_5167.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70806 Castle Cavalry" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_5167.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70806 Castle Cavalry" width="890px" /></a></p><p>Here we have another of the 2-in-1 sets, this time in a Castle theme. The idea of a medieval themed Castle transforming...</p>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:27:11 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/40/review-70806-castle-cavalry/Review - 70812 Creative Ambushhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/39/review-70812-creative-ambush/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4979.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70812 Creative Ambush" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4979.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70812 Creative Ambush" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This is another of the object-transformed-into-flying-thing against an evil black Micro Manager robot who is picking...</p>Sat, 01 Feb 2014 07:26:42 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/39/review-70812-creative-ambush/Review - 70805 Trash Chomperhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/38/review-70805-trash-chomper/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4929a.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70805 Trash Chomper" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4929a.JPG" alt="LEGO Movie 70805 Trash Chomper" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This is another of the 2-in-1 sets where the alternate creation is once again a must build. It's not really clear which...</p>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:33:52 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/38/review-70805-trash-chomper/Review - 70808 Super Cycle Chasehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/37/review-70808-super-cycle-chase/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4869a.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70808 Super Cycle Chase" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4869a.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70808 Super Cycle Chase" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This is one of the larger sets with over 500 parts, two good sized and good looking models and 5 minifigs.</p>Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:12:47 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/37/review-70808-super-cycle-chase/Review - 70801 Melting Roomhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/36/review-70801-melting-room/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4872.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70801 Melting Room" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4872.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70801 Melting Room" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This is the 2nd small set in the LEGO Movie series, although it has about 20 more pieces than <a href="/sets/70800-1/escape-glider-the-lego-movie-2014">70800</a>....</p>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 03:38:28 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/36/review-70801-melting-room/Review - 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palacehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/35/review-70803-cloud-cuckoo-palace/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4833.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4833.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace" width="890px" /></a></p><p>There is certainly something a little Cuckoo about this set. It is completely different to all the other...</p>Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:16:07 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/35/review-70803-cloud-cuckoo-palace/Review - 70802 Bad Cop's Pursuithttps://rebrickable.com/blog/34/review-70802-bad-cops-pursuit/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4736.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70802 Bad Cops Pursuit" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4736.jpg" alt="LEGO Movie 70802 Bad Cops Pursuit" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This set at first looked a little dull and boring to me, but I don't think the photos on the box do it justice....</p>Sat, 11 Jan 2014 23:25:25 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/34/review-70802-bad-cops-pursuit/Review - 70807 MetalBeard's Duelhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/33/review-70807-metalbeards-duel/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4686.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70807 MetalBeards Duel" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4686.JPG" alt="LEGO Movie 70807 MetalBeards Duel" width="890px" /></a></p><p>This medium sized set features the MetalBeard Robo-Pirate dueling with the Micro Manager evil robot. Both of these...</p>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 12:17:46 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/33/review-70807-metalbeards-duel/Review - 70800 Getaway Gliderhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/32/review-70800-getaway-glider/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4674.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70800 Getaway Glider" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/movie/IMG_4674.JPG" alt="LEGO Movie 70800 Getaway Glider" width="890px" /></a></p><p>The Getaway Glider is one of the smallest sets in this roundup, at 103 parts. It is now selling at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=LEGO%2070800&amp;tag=rebrickable-20&amp;index=toys-and-games&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325">Amazon</a>,...</p>Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:51:39 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/32/review-70800-getaway-glider/Voting - December Alternate Build Competitionhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/31/dec-alternate-build-competition-vote/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/sets/70500-1.jpg"><p>The December Alternate Build Competition is over and it's time to find the winner!</p><p>We have an impressive 40 MOCs submitted with 33 of them in the running for the $100 prize. Of the five possible sets to choose from, the entries are spread pretty evenly:</p>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:35:09 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/31/dec-alternate-build-competition-vote/Review - 21019 Eiffel Towerhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/30/review-21019-eiffel-tower/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4280.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Architecture 21019 Eiffel Tower" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4280.JPG" alt="LEGO Architecture 21019 Eiffel Tower" width="890px" /></a></p><p>The latest addition to the Architecture series is the Eiffel Tower. I was fortunate to get an early copy from the...</p>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:26:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/30/review-21019-eiffel-tower/Review - 70804 Ice Cream Machinehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/29/review-70804-ice-cream-machine/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4317.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie 70804 Ice Cream Machine" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4317.JPG" alt="LEGO Movie 70804 Ice Cream Machine" width="890px" /></a></p><p>Of the <a href="/blog/2013/lego-movie-set-reviews">thirteen LEGO Movie Sets</a> to choose from, I picked this one to...</p>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:48:51 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/29/review-70804-ice-cream-machine/LEGO Movie Set Reviews - Indexhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/28/lego-movie-set-reviews/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4278.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Movie Sets 1HY 2014" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4278.JPG" alt="LEGO Movie Sets 1HY 2014" width="890px" /></a></p><p>The first half of 2014 sets in the new LEGO Movie theme have arrived. Simply put, they look amazing! There are 13 of them (!), with four...</p>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:47:06 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/28/lego-movie-set-reviews/Review - 21104 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Roverhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/27/review-21104-mars-science-lab-curiosity-rover/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4428.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Cuusoo 21104 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4428.jpg" alt="LEGO Cuusoo 21104 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover" width="890px" /></a></p>Sat, 28 Dec 2013 00:02:15 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/27/review-21104-mars-science-lab-curiosity-rover/Review - 21021 Marina Bay Sands Hotelhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/26/review-21021-marina-bay-sands-hotel/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4092.JPG"><p><a><img title="LEGO Architecture 21021 Marina Bay Sands Hotel" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_4092.JPG" alt="LEGO Architecture 21021 Marina Bay Sands Hotel" width="890px" /></a></p>Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:43:13 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/26/review-21021-marina-bay-sands-hotel/MOC Alternate Build Competition - Decemberhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/25/moc-alternate-build-competition-dec/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/sets/31004-1.jpg"><p>Rebrickable is running another alternate build competition. Simply create and submit a MOC using only the parts from a single set from the list of choices below. If your submission gets the most votes at the end of the month, you win $100!</p>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:11:01 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/25/moc-alternate-build-competition-dec/Review - 10243 Parisian Restauranthttps://rebrickable.com/blog/24/review-10243-parisian-restaurant/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3929.jpg"><p><a><img title="LEGO Modular Buildings 10243 Parisian Restaurant" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3929.jpg" alt="LEGO Modular Buildings 10243 Parisian Restaurant" width="890px" /></a></p>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 05:49:17 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/24/review-10243-parisian-restaurant/Vote for your Favourite Competition MOCshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/23/moc-alternate-build-competition-vote/<img src="https://m.rebrickable.com/media/sets/6866-1.jpg"><p>Well the first ever Rebrickable competition is over and it's time to start voting for the winner.</p><p>We had 17 alternate build MOCs of the <a href="../../../sets/6866-1/wolverines-chopper-showdown-super-heroes-2012">6866 Wolverine's Chopper Showdown</a> submitted, of which...</p>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:53:24 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/23/moc-alternate-build-competition-vote/Review - 31313 Mindstorms EV3 - EV3RSTORM (part 3)https://rebrickable.com/blog/22/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3-ev3rstorm/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3710.jpg"><p><a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/31313-mindstorms-ev3/ev3rstorm"><img title="EV3RSTORM" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3710.jpg" alt="EV3RSTORM" width="890px" /></a></p>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 03:31:20 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/22/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3-ev3rstorm/MOC Alternate Build Competition - Win $100https://rebrickable.com/blog/21/moc-alternate-build-competition/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/trophy.png"><p>Rebrickable will be hosting a month-long competition to encourage the submission of some great new MOCs. The nature of Rebrickable is to promote re-using your LEGO parts to build new stuff so this competition will focus on Alternate Builds. An Alternate Build is a MOC that uses only the parts from a single official LEGO set.</p>Sat, 05 Oct 2013 06:02:51 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/21/moc-alternate-build-competition/New Rebrickable Forumshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/20/new-rebrickable-forums/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/forum.png"><p>I've been looking at options for a forum for ages but didn't find anything I liked 100%. However, the time has come to "just pick one already!" and so Rebrickable now has a <a href="/forum">Forum</a> section :) The existing comments on Rebrickable are great for specific sets or parts, but lack the flexibility of a general discussion forum.</p>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:38:46 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/20/new-rebrickable-forums/Download LEGO Set Inventorieshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/19/download-lego-set-inventories/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/parts1.jpg"><p>Recently I added a few new links to the <a href="/downloads">downloads</a> page but have not mentioned it here. I have opened up the parts inventories for all sets on Rebrickable for anyone to download for free use for any purpose.</p>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:50:52 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/19/download-lego-set-inventories/Review - 31313 Mindstorms EV3 - R3PTAR (part 2)https://rebrickable.com/blog/18/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3-r3ptar/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3552.jpg"><p><img title="Go on, give us a kiss!" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3552.jpg" width="890px" /></p><p>This is the second part of an unknown number of reviews of the LEGO 31313 Mindstorms EV3 robotics set. If you haven't seen the <a href="/blog/2013/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3">first...</p>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 06:52:36 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/18/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3-r3ptar/Rebrickable Turns 2https://rebrickable.com/blog/17/rebrickable-turns-2/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/yr2_stats.png"><p>Rebrickable actually turned 2 years old last month, and I completely forgot about it :) The site has continued to grow and has had many great changes made in the last year.</p><p>This image is a shot of my analytics page for those interested in this stuff.</p>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:24:53 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/17/rebrickable-turns-2/The LEGO Build-It Book: Amazing Vehicleshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/16/lego-build-it-book-amazing-vehicles/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3533.JPG"><p>I mentioned this book previously, but due to a delay in publishing I got the timing wrong. Now this book is on the shelves and you can buy it from your local shop, or online from <a href="http://nostarch.com/builditvol1">No Starch</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159327503X/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=159327503X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rebrickable-20">Amazon</a> or <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5575044220&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5337366030&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=LEGO+Build+It+Book+Amazing+Vehicles&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg">eBay</a>. I bought the PDF version from No Starch but then was unable to download it after dozens of attempts. As luck would have it, I found it on the shelves of a department store (not even the book stores had it) and bought a physical copy too. Naturally, I tried the PDF download one more time and it worked :)</p>Sun, 08 Sep 2013 12:28:26 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/16/lego-build-it-book-amazing-vehicles/LEGO Review - 31313 Mindstorms EV3https://rebrickable.com/blog/15/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3382.jpg"><p><img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_3382.jpg" width="890px" /></p><p>Disclaimer: I have a background in Microelectronics Engineering which basically means I love robots. Combine that with my career in IT and love of LEGO and you end up with a 100% biased review of this Mindstorms...</p>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 10:52:17 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/15/review-31313-mindstorms-ev3/Exclusive - Mini VW T1 Camper Vanhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/14/40079-mini-vw-t1-camper-van/<img src="http://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/lego-reviews/40079-mini-vw-t1-camper-van/IMG_3476.JPG/350x233"><p>LEGO are running a promotion for September: <a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=tEBaI6a6MU8&amp;offerid=115554.10000361&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0">FREE Exclusive Mini Volkswagen T1 Camper Van with purchases of $75 or more! Valid during September 2013 or while supplies last.</a><img src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=tEBaI6a6MU8&amp;bids=115554.10000361&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0" width="1" height="1" border="0" /></p>Sat, 31 Aug 2013 01:50:46 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/14/40079-mini-vw-t1-camper-van/Bricksafe - The new way to share LEGO fileshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/13/bricksafe/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/safe.png"><p>I have created a new photo/file sharing site dedicated to LEGO fans: <a href="http://bricksafe.com" target="new">Bricksafe</a>. <br /><br />Bricksafe is currently open for early adopters, but I will be closing registrations in the next day or two. This is to help me ensure the site is fully stable and ready for a full release to everyone in the coming weeks :)</p>Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:05:37 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/13/bricksafe/BrickOwl LEGO Marketplacehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/12/brickowl-lego-marketplace/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/brickowl.png"><p>The guys at <a href="http://brickowl.com/">BrickOwl</a> have been working hard and I'm pleased to announce that they have now setup integration with Rebrickable! BrickOwl is a great new online LEGO marketplace where you can buy and sell LEGO parts or sets. The site already has hundreds of stores with more being added every day.</p>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:20:44 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/12/brickowl-lego-marketplace/LEGO Review - 42001 Mini Off-Roaderhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/11/review-42001-mini-off-roader/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2816.jpg"><p><em>Read the review below or jump straight to the <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42001-mini-off-roader">photos</a>!</em> <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42001-mini-off-roader"><img title="LEGO Technic 42001 Mini Off-Roader" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2816.jpg" alt="LEGO Technic 42001 Mini Off-Roader" width="885px" /></a></p>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:08:28 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/11/review-42001-mini-off-roader/LEGO Review - 42005 Monster Truckhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/10/review-42005-monster-truck/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2768.jpg"><p><em>Read the review below or jump straight to the <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42005-monster-truck">photos</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeP-q8TaeD5UUNY-OR6BVSyO2FK3LVlt">videos</a>!</em> <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42005-monster-truck"><img title="LEGO Technic 42005 Monster Truck" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2768.jpg" alt="LEGO Technic 42005 Monster Truck" width="885px" /></a></p>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 05:58:34 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/10/review-42005-monster-truck/LEGO Review - 42008 Service Truckhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/9/review-42008-service-truck/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2706.jpg"><p><em>Read the review below or jump straight to the <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42008-service-truck">photos</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeP-q8TaeD53TDJIfy3c7Rnu7JSHvk_m">videos</a>!</em> <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42008-service-truck"><img title="LEGO Technic 42008 Service Truck" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2706.jpg" alt="LEGO Technic 42008 Service Truck" width="885px" /></a></p>Sun, 30 Jun 2013 04:42:11 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/9/review-42008-service-truck/LEGO Review - 42009 Mobile Crane MKIIhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/8/review-42009-mobile-crane-mkii/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2525.jpg"><p><em>Read the review below or jump straight to the <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42009-mobile-crane-mkii">photos</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeP-q8TaeD6NTiwPZ_Uciif43BHWa3oz">videos</a>!</em> <a href="http://bricksafe.com/pages/nathan/lego-reviews/42009-mobile-crane-mkii"><img title="LEGO Technic 42009 Mobile Crane MKII" src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/IMG_2525.jpg" alt="LEGO Technic 42009 Mobile Crane MKII" /></a></p>Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:28:34 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/8/review-42009-mobile-crane-mkii/The LEGO Build-It Book Now Availablehttps://rebrickable.com/blog/7/the-lego-build-it-book/<img src="http://nostarch.com/images/buildit_116-117_thumb.png"><p>The talented ex-LEGO designer <a href="/designer/nathanael">Nathana&euml;l Kuipers</a> has teamed up with Mattia Zamboni to release <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159327503X/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=159327503X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rebrickable-20">The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol 1: Amazing Vehicles</a>. They have created 10 professional building instructions for alternate models of the popular <a href="/sets/5867-1/super-speedster-model-2010">5867 Super Speedster</a>.</p>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:12:25 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/7/the-lego-build-it-book/Download LEGO Parts Imageshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/6/download-lego-parts-images/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/partsimages.png"><p>I get a lot of emails asking about the images I use for the parts on the site. I also get a lot of people trying to download all the images via automated tools which can hurt performance of the site for everyone. I've come up with a solution that I hope addresses both points!</p>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:28:01 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/6/download-lego-parts-images/Compare LEGO Setshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/5/compare-lego-sets/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/compare2.png"><p>Here's a new feature that I think will come in extremely handy. The new <a href="../../../compare">Compare Sets</a> page (under the Sets menu) lets you pick two sets and see which parts they have in common and which parts from each set are unique.</p>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:20:48 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/5/compare-lego-sets/Buying, and Karma, and Searching! Oh, my!https://rebrickable.com/blog/4/buying-and-karma-and-searching-oh-my/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/buybox.png?v2"><p>I&rsquo;ve been very busy at work on the site, but have not gotten around to writing up any of the recent changes. I won&rsquo;t bother listing everything as there is simply too much to write about I&rsquo;ll just do some of the highlights here.</p>Tue, 28 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/4/buying-and-karma-and-searching-oh-my/Restoring Old Colorshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/3/restoring-old-colors/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/colors-3647.png"><p>So I was finally bugged enough times to put the old Light Gray/Dark Gray colors back in :)</p><p>First an explanation of how we got here. When...</p>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/3/restoring-old-colors/Multiple Set Listshttps://rebrickable.com/blog/2/multiple-set-lists/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/setlists.png"><p>I have enhanced the way set management works on Rebrickable. Previously you had a single Set List with all of your sets. Now you can have multiple Set Lists to further split up your sets.</p><p>What is a Set List? It is simply a collection of sets (and can...</p>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/2/multiple-set-lists/New Improved Searchhttps://rebrickable.com/blog/1/new-improved-search/<img src="https://bricksafe.com/files/nathan/blog/old/search.png"><p>I finally finished something I've been meaning to do for a long time &ndash; improve the search features. I have basically replaced the existing set and part searches with a single page which I hope is simpler to use and produces far better results.</p>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://rebrickable.com/blog/1/new-improved-search/